2. (noun) sucking.
Taihoa ake nei ka whakamāramatia ngā tikanga mō te whāngai i ngā tamariki i te wā e mutu ai te ngote i te ū o te whaea (TWMNT 23/4/1873:44). / Later the methods of feeding children when they stop sucking the mother's breast will be explained.
3. (noun) teat.
Ko te ngote o te pātara me kōwhiti, ka horoi ki te wai tote: hei muri iho ka pāera mō te rima meneti. Ka mutu tēnā ka waiho i rō wai tote (TTT 1/10/1927:699). / The teat of the bottle should be pulled off, washed in salty water, and after that boil it for five minutes. When that's done leave it in salty water.
ngote
1. (modifier) small, diminutive.
Inā hoki he pāmu anō i rongo ai mātou, e toru tau i ngakia ai, otiia kāhore i hoatu he whakamomona; e 800 tana taewa o te tau tuatahi, i te rua o ngā tau ka ouou haere te taewa, ā, i te toru o ngā tau 150 tana taewa ngote (TWMNT 30/7/1873:82). / Because there is a farm that we have heard about, which was cultivated for three years, but no fertilizer was applied. In the first year there were 800 tons of potatoes, in the second year the number of potatoes diminished, and in the third year it produced only 150 tons of tiny potatoes.
2. (noun) small thing - anything small, e.g small potato.
He rīwai tīpako tēnei kua riro mai nei i a au, ā, he ngote tēnei nō tō māra (MM.TKM 1/7/1855:13). / I have taken this particular potato, and it is a small one from your garden.
